Far Away, So Close

Movie: Far Away, So Close
Romaji: Toku de Zutto Soba ni Iru
Japanese: 遠くでずっとそばにいる
Director: Masahiko Nagasawa
Writer: Kyoko Inukai (novel & screenplay)
Producer: Shuichi Kakesu, Kenji Kato, Sotaro Maeda
Cinematographer: Chigi Kobe
Music: Shunji Iwai
Release Date: June 15, 2013
Runtime: 108 min.
Genre: Romance / Mystery
Distributor: Sony PCL
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot
27-year-old Sakumi Shimura lost the last 10 years of her memory from a car accident. Sakumi can only remember events up to when she was 17-years-old, but she accepts her fate and tries to stay positive. Nevertheless, Sakumi is bothered by the loss of her memory. She tries to remember with the help of Yoshihiko, who thinks of himself as her boyfriend and her friend from their high school days.

Cast
Kana Kurashina
Yuta Nakano
Kana
Kurumi Shimizu
Yoshimi Tokui
Ema Fujisawa
Jiro Oma
Seiji Rokkaku
Nana Okada

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Judge

Movie: Judge
Romaji: Jyajji
Japanese: JUDGE ジャッジ
Director: Yo Kohatsu
Writer: Yoshiki Tonogai (manga), Yo Kohatsu
Producer: Naoto Asaoka, Koji Azuma
Cinematographer: Yusuke Kashiwazaki
Release Date: November 8, 2013
Runtime: 77 min.
Genre: Death Game / Suspense-Thriller / Horror
Distributor: Toho
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot
Seven people who committed the seven deadly sins : lust, gluttony, greed, sloth, wrath, envy and pride are locked up in a sealed space by someone. These seven people must play a game which is a matter of life or death.

Cast
Koji Seto
Kasumi Arimura
Jiro Sato
Sotaro Tanaka
Kazuyoshi Taira
Fukino Kawate
Yuko Nishimaru

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All Esper Dayo!

Title:みんな!エスパーだよ!
Title romaji: Minna! ESPer Dayo!
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Mystery
Episodes: 12
Viewership ratings: TBA
Broadcast network: TV Tokyo
Broadcast period: 2013-Apr-12 to 2013-Jul-05
Air time: Friday 24:12
Theme song: (Where's)THE SILENT MAJORITY by Takahashi Yu

Synopsis
Adapted from the popular manga, this drama is set in the town of Higashimikawa in the prefecture of Ehime and is about Kamogawa Yoshiro, an average teenager, with no special talents nor outstanding abilities. Until one day, he could suddenly hear other people's thoughts. He could tell that Hayashi-sensei harbors some ulterior motive when it comes to dealing with the new transfer student, Asami Sae. Yoshiro admires Asami, and thus with his newfound powers, he intends to protect her from Hayashi sensei. With that "I shall protect you" thought, came another, "I shall save the world!". Later that day, at the Cafe where he often hangs out, he realises that his childhood friend, Hirano Miyuki, and the Cafe owner, Nagano Terumitsu, have also acquired new powers.

Meanwhile, upon hearing the news of how many townspeople are suddenly acquiring special powers, the mysterious teacher and his assistant decide to move to the town of Higashimikawa... -by TV Tokyo

Cast
Sometani Shota as Kamogawa Yoshiro
Kaho as Hirano Miyuki
Mano Erina as Asami Sae
Yasuda Ken as Mysterious Teacher
Kagurazaka Megumi (神楽坂恵) as Akiyama Takako
Fukami Motoki as Enomoto Yosuke
Masaki Reiya as Yabe Naoya
Suzunosuke as Ishizaki
Makita Sports as Nagano Terumitsu
Mogi Kenichiro (茂木健一郎[) as Mogi Kenichiro
Tsutsui Mariko as Yoshiro's Mom
Ijiri Okada (イジリー岡田) as Yoshiro's Dad
Arai Elly (新井エリー) as Indecent woman
Aizome Kyoko (愛染恭子) as Obachan
Kurihara Rui as Mitsuru
Emoto Tokio as Yasu
Takeda Kohei as Ezaki
Sato Yoshiki (斎藤嘉樹) as Takeshi
Tada Masashi (多田昌史) as Kazuo
Nakao Akiyoshi as Kazama
Kurihara Hirotaka (栗原寛孝) as Kouji
Yamanaka Yusuke (山中雄輔) as Masaru
Adam Torel (アダム・トレル) as Sergei
Itoh Sairi as Yuko
Murata Yui (村田唯) as Rena
Yashiba Toshihiro as Hayashi-sensei
Ishikawa Yuya (石川ゆうや) as Kumagaya-sensei
Morita Ayaka as Natsume-sensei

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The Werewolf Game: The Villagers Side

Movie: The Werewolf Game: The Villagers Side
Romaji: Jinroh Gemu
Japanese: 人狼ゲーム
Director: Izuru Kumasaka
Writer: Ryo Kawakami (novel & screenplay), Izuru Kumasaka, Miyako Natsuno
Producer: Yuji Nagamori, Naotaka Yoshida
Cinematographer: Izuru Kumasaka, Hiroki Matsui
Release Date: October 26, 2013
Runtime: 110 min.
Genre: Death Game
Distributor: AMG Entertainment
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot
Airi (Nanami Sakuraba) is a high school student. On the way home from school, Airi is kidnapped by someone. Then, 9 more high school students are all kidnapped like Airi. Those kidnapped students are forced to participate in Jinroh Game, with their lives at stake.

Cast
Nanami Sakuraba
Taiga
Seika Taketomi
Amane Okayama
Jingi Irie
Hikaru Osawa
Hikari Kajiwara
Kaoru Fujiwara
Kinari Hirano
Mina Fujii

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ATARU The First Love & The Last Kill

Movie: ATARU The First Love & The Last Kill
Romaji: ATARU The First Love & The Last Kill
Japanese: 劇場版 ATARU THE FIRST LOVE＆THE LAST KILL
Director: Hisashi Kimura
Writer: Takeharu Sakurai
Producer: Nobuhiro Azuma
Cinematographer: Satoru Karasawa
Release Date: September 14, 2013
Runtime: 120 min.
Genre: Mystery / Suspense
Production Company: TBS
Distributor: Toho
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot
A mystery unfolds with a woman named Madoka (Maki Horikita), who is a killer, and Ataru (Masahiro Nakai). The woman possesses the same extraordinary memory and deductive reasoning abilities as Ataru.

Cast
Masahiro Nakai
Kazuki Kitamura
Chiaki Kuriyama
Yuta Tamamori
Maki Horikita
Yasuko Matsuyuki
Hiroaki Murakami
Masaki Okada
Beverly Maeda
Masachika Ichimura
Kyusaku Shimada
Tetsushi Tanaka
Seiji Chihara
Yasuhi Nakamura
Ken Shounozaki
Haruka Shimazaki
Kaoru Mitsumune
Masaya Nakamura
Hiromichi Miyoshi
Go Riju
Kaoru Okunuki
Hideko Hara

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Eien no Zero (The Eternal Zero)

Movie: The Eternal Zero
Romaji: Eien no Zero
Japanese: 永遠の0
Director: Takashi Yamazaki
Writer: Naoki Hyakuta (novel) Tamio Hayashi
Producer: Minami Ichikawa, Tatsuro Hatanaka, Hitoshi Endo, Shuji Abe, Chikahiro Ando, Manabu Endo, Keiichiro Moriya
Cinematographer: Kouzou Shibazaki
Release Date: December 21, 2013
Runtime: 144 min.
Genre: Drama / Military
Distributor: Toho
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot
A young man Kentaro Saeki (Haruma Miura) keeps failing his bar test and does not know what to do any more. His older sister Keiko is a freelance writer. Kentaro and Keiko begin to search for information on their grandfather Kyuzo Miyabe (Junichi Okada) who died in the special  forces during World War II.
Their grandfather Kyuzo Miyabe was terrified of death and obsessed with life. Why did he join the special forces? According to his fellow navy soldiers, Kyuzo Miyabe was a genius and also a coward. Kentaro and Keiko then discovers the shocking truth which has been sealed for 60 years.

Cast
Junichi Okada   
Haruma Miura   
Mao Inoue   
Gaku Hamada   
Hirofumi Arai
Shota Sometani   
Takahiro Miura   
Tatsuya Ueda   
Min Tanaka   
Gaku Yamamoto
Mikijiro Hira   
Isao Hashizume   
Kazue Fukiishi   
Jun Fubuki   
Isao Natsuyagi

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SPEC: Close~Reincarnation (SPEC～Ketsu～Kou no hen)

   Movie: SPEC: Close~Reincarnation
    Romaji: SPEC～Ketsu～Kou no hen
    Japanese: SPEC～結～爻ノ篇
    Director: Yukihiko Tsutsumi
    Writer: Yumie Nishiogi
    Producer: Kazuya Hamana, Natsuki Imai, Hiroki Ueda
    Cinematographer: Shigeyu Madarame
    Release Date: November 1, 2013
    Runtime: 94 min.
    Genre: Suspense / Mystery / Comedy
    Distributor: Toho
    Language: Japanese
    Country: Japan

Plot

Mysteries are revealed like the words "Simple Plan," "Third Secret of Fatima" and also the mysterious white man which are all mentioned in the movie "SPEC: Heaven".

Cast
Erika Toda    
Ryo Kase    
Raita Ryu    
Kazuki Kitamura    
Chiaki Kuriyama
Kasumi Arimura    
Ryuji Sainei    
Kohki Okada    
Kazuyuki Matsuzawa    
Yu Kashi
Kenchi (Exile)    
Kenichi Endo    
Ikkei Watanabe    
Takahiro Miura    
Osamu Mukai

Additional Cast Members:
Yuko Asano
Saki Fukuda
Yuu Shirota
Tetsushi Tanaka
Ken Yasuda
Erina Mano

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SPEC: Close~Incarnation (SPEC～Ketsu～Zen no hen)

   

    Movie: SPEC: Close~Incarnation
    Romaji: SPEC～Ketsu～Zen no hen
    Japanese: SPEC～結～漸ノ篇
    Director: Yukihiko Tsutsumi
    Writer: Yumie Nishiogi
    Producer: Kazuya Hamana, Natsuki Imai, Hiroki Ueda
    Cinematographer: Shigeyu Madarame
    Release Date: November 1, 2013
    Runtime: 94 min.
    Genre: Suspense / Mystery / Comedy
    Distributor: Toho
    Language: Japanese
    Country: Japan

Plot

Mysteries are revealed like the words "Simple Plan," "Third Secret of Fatima" and also the mysterious white man which are all mentioned in the movie "SPEC: Heaven".

Cast
Erika Toda    
Ryo Kase    
Raita Ryu    
Kazuki Kitamura    
Chiaki Kuriyama
Kasumi Arimura    
Ryuji Sainei    
Kohki Okada    
Kazuyuki Matsuzawa    
Yu Kashi
Kenchi (Exile)    
Kenichi Endo    
Ikkei Watanabe    
Takahiro Miura    
Osamu Mukai

Additional Cast Members:
Yuko Asano
Saki Fukuda
Yuu Shirota
Tetsushi Tanaka
Ken Yasuda
Erina Mano

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Chicken Race

TV Movie: Chicken Race
Romaji: Chicken Race
Japanese: チキンレース
Director: Setsuro Wakamatsu
Writer: Yoshikazu Okada
Network: WOWOW
Episodes: 1
Release Date: November 10, 2013
Runtime: Sundays 21:00
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot

Takeshi Kamiya's (Masaki Okada) father Tsukasa (Takeshi Kaga) is a doctor at a major hospital. Takeshi also wants to become a doctor, but he keeps failing his medical school entrance exams. Takeshi becomes frustrated and leaves home. He begins to work as a nurse at a hospital. Takeshi takes care of Joe Tobita (Akira Terao), who has been comatose for the past 45 years. One day, while Takeshi takes care of Joe, he miraculously wakes up.
Even though Joe is now an elderly man, his mental age is still that of a 19-year-old when he got in an accident. Joe gets better slowly. Meanwhile, Joe doesn't have family to pay for his hospital bills and his bills are paid for by the major hospital where Takeshi's father works. The hospital pays for Joe's bills on the condition that he becomes a subject of their medical research. Joe is soon set to transfer to another hospital. Takeshi and Joe have become close friends and in order to take Joe's youth back, Takeshi takes Joe out of the hospital on a road trip. The travels of a 64-year-old troubled kid Joe and 27-year-old Takeshi begins.


Cast

Masaki Okada - Takeshi Kamiya
Akira Terao - Joe Tobita
Takeshi Kaga - Tsukasa Kamiya (Takeshi's father)

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Shikatsushi ~ Joou no Houigaku ~

Title: 屍活師~女王の法医学~
Title (romaji): Shikatsushi ~ Joou no Houigaku ~
Format: Tanpatsu
Genre: medical drama
Episodes: 1
Broadcast network: Fuji TV
Broadcast date: 2013-Sep-27
Air time: Friday 21:00-22:27

Synopsis

Rumpled after staying up all night long, Associate Professor Kiriyama Yuki (Matsushita Nao) of Kanagawa Chuo University's forensic medicine class receives a phone call about the discovery of a drowned man at a pier. Detective Murakami Ei (Matsushige Yutaka) of Tobu Police Precinct is at the scene as Yuki arrives. The police regards drowning as the cause of death because the possibility of foul play is low, but she talks to the dead body, telling him that she will listen closely. The drowned man is identified as Kasai Kazuma. Fourth-year medical faculty student Inukai Hajime (Yokoyama Yu) intends to be a clinician for the department of surgery, but does not make the cut due to his grades. He goes straight to bargain with Yuki, determined to ask for a change in course. However, shortly after that, he is ordered to help with Kasai's autopsy. Although Inukai is overwhelmed by Yuki who presides over the place like queen with a scalpel in her hand, some words on the wall gets him curious Yuki immediately notices that there is no water retained in the windpipe even though the body was found drowned. The cause of death is not drowning. Another dead body is brought over. It is the body of a kidnapper who had fallen to his death while escaping and clues to the kidnapped child are lost. Because the child has diabetes, his life will be in danger if he is not found in the next few hours. Yuki halts Kasai's autopsy and quickly dissects the kidnapper. She identifies the place where the kidnapper had been through the autopsy. Inukai only half believes Yuki, but the site where the child was held captive is identified and the child is taken into custody unharmed. A life was saved through forensic medicine. Yuki resumes Kasai's autopsy and tells Murakami that there was foul play because he died from strangulation. It is later determined through a police investigation that Kasai murdered a former Keimei University classmate Suzuhara Miyako (Matsuyama Airi) six years ago and had just been released from prison three days ago. They are suspicious about a phone call he made to Toyama Shunpei (Kashiwabara Shuji) after he got out. Kasai, the late Miyako and Toyama had been friends. Miyako was going to go out with Toyama despite being pregnant with Kasai's child and it is believed that Kasai had killed her in a fit of rage. After that, Inukai hears from Kasai's mother Hatsue (Iwamoto Masuyo), who has come to claim her son's body that at the time of the case, that a Keimei University professor Shiraki Minoru (Kazama Morio) had made effort to try to prove that Kasai was falsely accused. If that is true and the real criminal is out there... Murakami heads to Keimei University to meet Shiraki and Toyama who is now a lecturer but... --Jdramas

Cast

Matsushita Nao as Kiriyama Yuki
Yokoyama Yu as Inukai Hajime
Matsushige Yutaka as Murakami Ei
Hashimoto Jun as Ibata Shinji
Yamanaka Takashi as Masaki Tatsuya
Kazama Morio as Shiraki Minoru
Iwamoto Masuyo as mother Hatsue
Matsuyama Airi (松山愛里) as Suzuhara Miyako
Kashiwabara Shuji as Toyama Shunpei

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Kiyoku Yawaku (Beyond the Memories)

Movie: Beyond the Memories (English title) / Clean Tender (literal title)
Romaji: Kiyoku Yawaku
Japanese: 潔く柔く
Director: Takehiko Shinjo
Writer: Ryo Ikuemi (manga), Sachiko Tanaka, Satomi Oshima
Producer: Daisuke Kadoya, Minami Ichikawa, Atsushi Terada, Hiroyasu Asami, Tomoko Jo, Seiji Okuda, Naoto Hatakeyama, Kasumi Yao
Cinematographer: Mitsuru Komiyama
Release Date: October 26, 2013
Runtime: 127 min.
Genre: Romance
Distributor: Toho
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot

Kanna Seto (Masami Nagasawa lost her childhood friend Haruta in a car accident when she was a freshman in high school. Carrying the emotional pain from that incident throughout her life, Kanna is still wounded as an adult. Kanna then meets Roku Akazawa (Masaki Okada), who also carries a painful experience from his past. When Roku was an elementary school student, a girl who was with him got into an accident and died. Because of that incident, Roku carries a heavy sense of guilt. Roku then tries to make Kanna feel love again.

Cast

Masami Nagasawa
Masaki Okada
Kengo Kora
Chizuru Ikewaki
Haru
Aoi Nakamura
Yuki Furukawa
Kaoru Hirata
Ryosei Tayama
Soko Wada
Megumi

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Nazotoki wa Dinner no Ato de Movie

Movie: The After-Dinner Mysteries
Romaji: Nazotoki wa Dinner no Ato de
Japanese: 謎解きはディナーのあとで
Director: Masato Hijikata
Writer: Tokuya Higashigawa (novel), Tsutomu Kuroiwa
Producer: Takuya Kanai, Hiroaki Narikawa, Reiko Nagai
Cinematographer: Naoki Kurisu
Release Date: August 3, 2013
Runtime: 121 min.
Genre: Mystery / Comedy
Distributor: Toho
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot

Set on the "Princess Reiko," the largest luxury liner in Asia, sharp-tongued butler Kageyama and Detective Reiko are challenged to solve a puzzle against 300 other passengers and crewmen.

Cast

Sho Sakurai
Keiko Kitagawa
Kippei Shiina

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Gatchaman

Movie: Gatchaman
Romaji: Gatchaman
Japanese: ガッチャマン
Director: Toya Sato
Writer: Yusuke Watanabe
Producer: Tomoko Jo, Naoki Sato
Cinematographer: Takahiro Tsutai
Release Date: August 24, 2013
Runtime: 113 min.
Genre: Action / Sci-Fi
Distributor: Toho
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot

Set in the near future in Tokyo, Japan. The evil terrorist organization Galactor has declared war on the world. The group possesses more advanced technology than governments and occupies over half of the planet. Dr. Kozaburo Nambu of the International Science Organization gathers together 5 superhero ninja agents, known collectively as Gatchaman, to stop Galactor

Cast

Tori Matsuzaka
Gou Ayano
Ayame Gouriki
Tatsuomi Hamada
Ryohei Suzuki
Eriko Hatsune
Shido Nakamura
Ken Mitsuishi
Goro Kishitani

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Hidamari no Kanojo (Girl In The Sunny Place)

Movie: Girl In The Sunny Place (English title) / Her Sunny Side (literal title)
Romaji: Hidamari no Kanojo
Japanese: 陽だまりの彼女
Director: Takahiro Miki
Writer: Osamu Koshigaya (novel), Kosuke Mukai
Release Date: October 12, 2013
Runtime: 128 min
Distributor: Asmik Ace Entertainment / Toho
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot

A new salesman named Kosuke Okuda (Jun Matsumoto) happens to meet Mao Watarai (Juri Ueno), a friend from his middle school days. Back then, Mao was called stupid and bullied, but now she is an attractive woman. Kosuke and Mao fall in love and decide to marry, but Mao has a secret…

Cast

Jun Matsumoto
Juri Ueno
Tetsuji Tamayama
Masaki Suda
Koji Ookura
Mitsuki Tanimura
Takumi Kitamura
Wakana Aoi
Kazutoyo Koyabu
Midori Kiuchi
Sansei Shiomi
Maho Toyota
Mari Natsuki
Naomi Nishida

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Specialist

(1 DVD)

Title: スペシャリスト
Title (romaji): Specialist
Format: Tanpatsu
Genre: Police
Broadcast network: TV Asahi
Air Time: 21:00
Broadcast date: 2013-May-18

Synopsis

Kusanagi plays a police detective who gets framed for a crime he didn't commit and had to spend the last 10 years in prison. However, he regains his job as a police officer and makes use of his specialized knowledge on criminal psychology to solve difficult cases.

Cast

Kusanagi Tsuyoshi
Minami Kaho
Ashina Sei
Hiraoka Yuta
Satoi Kenta
Saito Takumi
Osugi Ren
Enami Kyoko
Miyatake Mio
Konno Mahiru
Nakamaru Shinsho

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Yorozu Uranaidokoro Onmyoya e Yokoso

(3 DVD)

Title: よろず占い処　陰陽屋へようこそ
Title (romaji): Yorozu Uranaidokoro Onmyoya e Yokoso
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Mystery
Episodes: 11
Viewership rating:
Broadcast network: Fuji TV / KTV
Broadcast period: 2013-Oct-08 to 2013-Dec-17
Air time: Tuesday 22:00
Theme song: Kokoro Sora Moyo by Kanjani8

Synopsis

Based on the Yorozu Uranaidokoro novel series, the drama takes place in the shopping district of Oji, a town in the Kita-ward, Tokyo. Abeno Shomei is a good-looking man who used to work as a host. One day, he rents a shop and hangs up a sign that says "Onmyoya." With zero psychic power and a lackadaisical attitude, he refuses to work if there is no profit to be made. Even though he actually couldn't care less about getting to the truth, somehow he is still able to unerringly resolve his customers' problems. How does he do it? -- KTV

Cast

Nishikido Ryo as Abeno Shomei
Aruki (歩輝) as young Shomei
Kurashina Kana as Tadano Michiko
Tani Kanon as young Michiko
Chinen Yuri as Sawazaki Shunta
Kashiwagi Yuki as Ayukawa Tamaki
Suruga Taro as Makihara Hideyuki
Miyakawa Ichirota (宮川一朗太) as Takasaka Norio
Hamada Mari as Kanai Emiko
Fuse Eri as Komagata Chizuru
Mieharu (見栄晴) as Sawazaki Goro
Minamino Yoko as Sawazaki Midori
Sugi Ryotaro (杉良太郎) as Naito Kenjiro
Nishiyama Jun (西山潤) as Kosaka Fumihiro
Yamagata Takumi (山形匠) as Okajima Takuto
Kato Rihona as Mitsui Haruna
Yamada Maiko as Amemiya Satsuki

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Kyokuhoku Rhapsody SP

(1DVD)

Title: 極北ラプソディ
Title (romaji): Kyokuhoku Rhapsody
English Title: Kyokuhoku Rhapsody
Format: Tanpatsu (2 parts)
Genre: Medical
Broadcast network: NHK
Broadcast date: 2013-Mar-19 (part 1), 2013-Mar-20 (part 2)
Air time: 22:00 - 23:13

Synopsis

Set in Kyokuhoku Citizen Hospital in Hokkaido, Japan. "Kyokuhoku Rhapsody" follows the life of a young doctor for a one year period. Imanaka Yoshio (Eita) works at the Kyokuhoku Hospital that is losing staff members and facing bankruptcy. During this difficult time, Imanaka Yoshio meets hairdresser Namiki Kozue (Kato Ai) and falls in love.

Cast

Eita as Imanaka Yoshio
Kato Ai as Namiki Kozue
Kobayashi Kaoru as Sera Masashi
Matsuzaka Keiko as Imanaka Mariko
Tokui Yuu as Tadokoro Hosaku
Yamaguchi Yuichiro as Hayama Koichi
Takahashi Masaya as Namiki Shogo
Lily as Iijima Miyo
Miyake Hiroki

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Library Wars

(1 DVD)

Movie: Library Wars
Romaji: Toshokan Senso
Japanese: 図書館戦争
Director: Shinsuke Sato
Writer: Hiro Arikawa (light novel), Akiko Nogi
Producer: Kazuya Hamana, Tamako Tsujimoto
Cinematographer: Taro Kawazu
Release Date: April 27, 2013
Runtime: 128 min.
Genre: Action / Romance / Comedy
Distributor: Toho
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot

Set in the year 2019 in Japan. In order to crack down on free expression, a new law is passed, which allows for the government to create an armed force to find and destroy objectionable printed material. Meanwhile, to oppose this oppressive crackdown, the Library Force is created. The Library force, including instructor Atsushi Dojo (Junichi Okada) and Iku Kasahara (Nana Eikura), work to protect the libraries. A fierce battle then ensues between these two groups.

Cast

Junichi Okada
Nana Eikura
Kei Tanaka
Sota Fukushi
Chiaki Kuriyama
Kazuma Suzuki
Koji Ishizaka
Jun Hashimoto
Naomi Nishida

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Real

Movie: Real
Romaji: Riaru Kanzen Naru Kubinagaryu no Hi
Japanese: リアル　完全なる首長竜の日
Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Writer: Rokuro Inui (novel), Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Sachiko Tanaka
Producer: Atsuyuki Shimoda, Hideki Tashiro
Cinematographer: Akiko Ashizawa
Release Date: June 1, 2013
Runtime: 127 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance / Sci-Fi
Distributor: Toho
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot

Koichi (Takeru Sato) & Atsumi (Haruka Ayase) have been friends since their childhood days and they eventually became lovers. About one year ago, Atsumi attempted to commit suicide and fell into a coma afterwards. Koichi, desperate to know why Atsumi attempted suicide, takes part in a new medical procedure that involves the central nervous system. Koichi will enter the subconscious mind of Atsumi through the medical procedure.
When Koichi enters the subconscious mind of Atsumi, shes asks Koichi to find a picture of a "plesiosaur" she drew as a child. The drawing is the key that brings back a suppressed childhood memory that brings their minds together.

Cast

Takeru Sato
Haruka Ayase
Miki Nakatani
Joe Odagiri
Shota Sometani
Keisuke Horibe
Yutaka Matsushige
Kyoko Koizumi

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Amachan

13 DVD

Title: あまちゃん
Title (romaji): Amachan
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Drama
Episodes: 156
Broadcast network: NHK
Broadcast period: 2013-Apr-01 to 2013-Sep-28
Air time: Mon-Sat 8:15
Theme song:

Synopsis
Summer holidays... Amano Aki follows her mother, Haruko, to her hometown in Kitasanriku. There, she meets her maternal grandmother, Natsu, for the first time. Natsu is a woman diver, and Aki thinks that is just so cool. Aki is a second year high-school student, and she struggles to keep up with the fast-paced life in Tokyo. Having been confined indoors most of the time, everything she sees in the rural town is exciting to her. But most of all, seeing her grandmother diving under the fierce surf along the coastline, leaves a huge impact on her. "I think I would like to be a diver too..."

Cast
Nounen Rena as Amano Aki
Miyamoto Nobuko as Amano Natsu
Koizumi Kyoko as Amano Haruko
Arimura Kasumi as young Haruko
Omi Toshinori as Kurokawa Masamune
Morioka Ryu (森岡龍) as young Masamune
Kanie Keizo as Amano Chubee
Sugimoto Tetta as Omukai Daikichi
Higashide Masahiro as young Daikichi
Arakawa Yoshiyoshi as Yoshida Masayoshi
Fukikoshi Mitsuru as Sugawara Tamotsu
Ando Tamae as Kurihara Shiori
Shiomi Sansei as Oda Ben
Sugawara Daikichi as Konno Atsushi
Denden as Okinai Rokuro
Ise Shima (伊勢志摩) as Hanamaki Tamako
Fukushi Sota as Tanuichi Koichi
Minagawa Sarutoki as Isono Shinbei
Murasugi Seminosuke as Hibiki Ichiro
Watanabe Eri as Konno Yayoi
Kino Hana(木野花) as Osanai Katsue
Miho Jun as Kumagai Misuzu
Katagiri Hairi as Anbe Sayuri
Koike Teppei as Adachi Hiroi
Hashimoto Ai as Adachi Yui
Hiraizumi Sei as Adachi Asao
Yagi Akiko (八木亜希子) as Adachi Yoshie
Yakushimaru Hiroko as Suzuka Hiromi
Furuta Arata as Aramaki Taichi
Matsuda Ryuhei as Mizuguchi Takuma
Magii as Kawashima Kousaku
Matsuoka Mayu (松岡茉優) as Iruma Shiori
Ono Ito as Endo Mana
Yamashita Rio as Miyashita Ayumi
Kurashita Honami (蔵下穂波) as Kyan Ellen
Yuki Mio (優希美青) as Onodera Kaoruko
Saito Alina (斎藤アリーナ) as Veronica
Adachi Rika as Arima Megu
Matsuo Suzuki as Kai-san
Pierre Taki as Umezu

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